COVID‐19 pneumonia in a pediatric sickle cell patient requiring red blood cell exchange

Authors :: Emmanuel J. Volanakis
Shannon C. Walker
Scott C. Borinstein
Daniel E. Dulek
Hope Hendricks
Meghan L. Murphy
Source :: Clinical Case Reports, Clinical Case Reports, Vol 9, Iss 3, Pp 1367-1370 (2021)
Publication Year :: 2021
Publisher :: John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2021.
Abstract: Patients with sickle cell disease are already at high risk for respiratory complications, which SARS‐CoV‐2 can rapidly worsen. The case emphasizes the importance of efficiently maximizing standard therapies in sickle cell patients with COVID‐19.

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